2016 schedule
Fall 2016
9/7- Presenter: Carly Wayne, title: "Strategic Psychology of Terrorism - Experimental Research Design"; Discussant: Scott Tyson
9/14- Presenter: Chris Sullivan and Zachary O'Keeffe, Title: "The Imprisoner's Dilemma"; Discussant: Jessica Sun
9/21 Presenter: Mai Hassan and Tom O'Mealia, title: "Uneven Accountability in the Wake of Kenya’s 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence: Evidence from Ashes and Archives"; Discussant: Jule Krüger
9/28 Presenter: Meredith Blank, title: "We didn't start the fire: the state's information challenges and internal armed forces"
10/5 Presenter: Adrian Arellano, title "Civilian Mobilization and Resistance"; Discussant: Ian Fishback
10/12 Presenter: Yuri Zhukov and Roya Talibova, title: "Stalin's Terror, Putin's Vote: The Long-Term Political Effects of Mass Repression"; Discussant: Charles Crabtree
10/26 Presenter: Ian Fishback
11/2 Presenter: Blake Miller, title: "Authoritarian Analytics: How China Processes Surveillance Data for Targeted Propaganda and Repression"; Discussant: Christian Davenport
11/9 Title: Jule Krüger and Caitlin Thomas, title: "Syria or the Olympics? An analysis of global event reporting in international news coverage"
11/16 Presenter: Anita Ravishankar, Discussant: Tom O'Mealia
11/30 Presenter: Charles Crabtree and Kevin Cope, title: "An Empirical Study of Disagreement in Human Rights Measures"; Discussant: Carly Wayne
12/7 Presenter: Kevin Cope and Jim Morrow, title: "Modeling States' Ideological Positions in ICC Treaty Negotiations"
12/14 Presenter: Nadiya Kostyuk
Winter 2016
1/13- Presenter: Chris Fariss (PSU), title: "Truth Replaced by Silence: A Field Experiment on Private Censorship in Russia" ; Discussant: Meredith Blank
1/20- Presenter: Christian Davenport, title: "Protest, Policing and Public Perception"; Discussant: Carly Wayne
1/27- Presenter: Carly Wayne, title: "Strategic Psychology of Terrorism"; Discussant: Jessica Sun
2/3- Presenter: Ian Fishback, title: "International Institutions, National Institutions, and POW Treatment"; Discussant: James Morrow
2/10- Presenter: Gary Goertz (Notre Dame), title: "Bordering on Peace: Border Settlement and Interstate Cooperation"; Discussant: TBA
2/17- Presenter: Emilia Powell (Notre Dame), title: "Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes"; Discussant: Kevin Cope
2/24- Presenter: Adrian Arellano, title: "Militias and Recurring Conflict"; Discussant: Tom O'Mealia
3/9- Presenters: Scott Tyson (Chicago): title: TBD; Discussant: TBA
3/21: Presenters: Johanna Birnir (Maryland): title: TBD; Discussant: TBA
3/23- Presenter: Nadiya Kostyuk, title: "Invisible Digital Front: The logic of cyber and kinetic operations in Ukraine"; Discussant: Todd Lehmann
3/30: Tom O'Mealia and Jessica Sun, title: "Burning it Down: The Use of Scorched Earth Tactics in Civil Conflict"; Discussant: Adrian Arellano
4/13- Presenters: Meredith Blank, Mark, Dincecco and Yuri Zhukov, title: "Powerful Aggressors: Political Regime Type and Military Conflict in the Historical Perspective"; Discussant: Roya Talibova
9/7- Presenter: Carly Wayne, title: "Strategic Psychology of Terrorism - Experimental Research Design"; Discussant: Scott Tyson
9/14- Presenter: Chris Sullivan and Zachary O'Keeffe, Title: "The Imprisoner's Dilemma"; Discussant: Jessica Sun
9/21 Presenter: Mai Hassan and Tom O'Mealia, title: "Uneven Accountability in the Wake of Kenya’s 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence: Evidence from Ashes and Archives"; Discussant: Jule Krüger
9/28 Presenter: Meredith Blank, title: "We didn't start the fire: the state's information challenges and internal armed forces"
10/5 Presenter: Adrian Arellano, title "Civilian Mobilization and Resistance"; Discussant: Ian Fishback
10/12 Presenter: Yuri Zhukov and Roya Talibova, title: "Stalin's Terror, Putin's Vote: The Long-Term Political Effects of Mass Repression"; Discussant: Charles Crabtree
10/26 Presenter: Ian Fishback
11/2 Presenter: Blake Miller, title: "Authoritarian Analytics: How China Processes Surveillance Data for Targeted Propaganda and Repression"; Discussant: Christian Davenport
11/9 Title: Jule Krüger and Caitlin Thomas, title: "Syria or the Olympics? An analysis of global event reporting in international news coverage"
11/16 Presenter: Anita Ravishankar, Discussant: Tom O'Mealia
11/30 Presenter: Charles Crabtree and Kevin Cope, title: "An Empirical Study of Disagreement in Human Rights Measures"; Discussant: Carly Wayne
12/7 Presenter: Kevin Cope and Jim Morrow, title: "Modeling States' Ideological Positions in ICC Treaty Negotiations"
12/14 Presenter: Nadiya Kostyuk
Winter 2016
1/13- Presenter: Chris Fariss (PSU), title: "Truth Replaced by Silence: A Field Experiment on Private Censorship in Russia" ; Discussant: Meredith Blank
1/20- Presenter: Christian Davenport, title: "Protest, Policing and Public Perception"; Discussant: Carly Wayne
1/27- Presenter: Carly Wayne, title: "Strategic Psychology of Terrorism"; Discussant: Jessica Sun
2/3- Presenter: Ian Fishback, title: "International Institutions, National Institutions, and POW Treatment"; Discussant: James Morrow
2/10- Presenter: Gary Goertz (Notre Dame), title: "Bordering on Peace: Border Settlement and Interstate Cooperation"; Discussant: TBA
2/17- Presenter: Emilia Powell (Notre Dame), title: "Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes"; Discussant: Kevin Cope
2/24- Presenter: Adrian Arellano, title: "Militias and Recurring Conflict"; Discussant: Tom O'Mealia
3/9- Presenters: Scott Tyson (Chicago): title: TBD; Discussant: TBA
3/21: Presenters: Johanna Birnir (Maryland): title: TBD; Discussant: TBA
3/23- Presenter: Nadiya Kostyuk, title: "Invisible Digital Front: The logic of cyber and kinetic operations in Ukraine"; Discussant: Todd Lehmann
3/30: Tom O'Mealia and Jessica Sun, title: "Burning it Down: The Use of Scorched Earth Tactics in Civil Conflict"; Discussant: Adrian Arellano
4/13- Presenters: Meredith Blank, Mark, Dincecco and Yuri Zhukov, title: "Powerful Aggressors: Political Regime Type and Military Conflict in the Historical Perspective"; Discussant: Roya Talibova